Improvement in soap



. any equivalent substitute) and ten (10) pounds of rosin, melt Welltogether, strain, putback into the kettle at a heat of 72 to 73 Fahr-UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'ALANSON SMITH, or MENDOTA, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SOAP.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 219,538, datedSeptember 9, 1879; application filed December 20, 1878.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALANSON SMITH, of the city of Mendota, in the countyof La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented certain new andusefulImprovements in the Manufacture of Soaps, of which the following is aspecification. r

My invention relates to the composition, and its naturewill be disclosedby the following description.

The process to effect the product consists in mixingthehereinafter-namcd well-known elements or ingredients in certain fixedproportions by certain invariable intensities of heat, the slightestvariations from which would not accomplish the desired product.

The method of carrying out my invention is as follows: To prepare asmallquantity, first take, say, thirty-five (35) pounds of tallow (orenheit; second, introduce lye, two and twofifths (2%) gallons, at astrength of33 to 3& Baume', stir till the grease all disappears, thenraise the heat till the mixture is brought to the consistence of paste;third, take salsoda and borax, six (6) pounds of the former and one andthree-fifths (1%) pounds of the latter, melt Well together and raise tothe same ing into bars when sufficiently cool and ready for the market.

It may be readily observed from the foregoing that my improvement in themanufacture of soap is found in the composition set forth.

What I claim, therefore, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, 1s-

The herein-described soap, consisting of the following ingredientsviz.,tallow, rosin, lye, Sal-soda, hora-X, alcohol, benzine, turpentine,ammonia, and Sassafras-all in the proportions set forth, and for thepurpose specified.

. ALANSON SMITH.

Witnesses:

ISAAC PARSONS, LEWIS N. PARSONS.

